HomeFront Tweak & Fix Guide
Where to Find Config File
Go to My Documents/My Games/HOMEFRONT/GCGame/Config and open ‘GCengine.ini’ in notepad.
Fix the Mouse Acceleration issues
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
First, go to your ‘\steam\steamapps\common\homefront\engine\config’ directory. Back up all files before you make any changes.
Set the following variables as:
bEnableMouseSmoothing=False
First, go to your ‘\steam\steamapps\common\homefront\engine\config’ directory. Back up all files before you make any changes.
- Open ‘baseinput.ini’ – now under [Engine.PlayerInput] find “bEnableMouseSmoothing=true”, change this to bEnableMouseSmoothing=false
- Next, under that, in the same section, add a line bViewAccelerationEnabled=false
Disable the intro startup movies
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
and put a ";" before StartupMovies:
and put a ";" before StartupMovies:
;StartupMovies=LegalScreen_PC
;StartupMovies=THQ
;StartupMovies=ThreeLogos
;StartupMovies=DE_Logo
;StartupMovies=NVidia
How to Remove Frame Rate Smoothing For Performance
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
Set the following variables as:
bSmoothFrameRate=false
UseVsync=false
UseFPSSmoothing=false
Unlock the framerate cap
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
Set the following variables as:
bSmoothFrameRate=FALSE
Set MinSmoothedFrameRate=60
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=120
Possible fix for stuttering
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
Set the following variables as:
bInitializeShadersOnDemand=True
How to Force DirectX 9 For Performance Boost
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’
Set
Set
AllowD3D10=FALSE
and add -d3d9
command line in steam launch.
Disable nVidia Fog
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
Set the following variables as:
bUseLowEndFog=true
Disable PhysX
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
Set the following variables as:
bDisablePhysXHardwareSupport=False
(Change it to disable PhysX)
If you have an ATI Video card
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
Set the following variables as:
DisableATITextureFilterOptimizationChecks=True
UseMinimalNVIDIADriverShaderOptimization=True
[FIX] No Sound
If you are not hearing any sound or you can only hear the cutscenes, try the following workarounds:
- Make sure that you have the latest drivers installed for your sound card.
- Remove My Docs\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config\GCEngine.ini in your documents and restart the game.
- Go to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\homefront\GCGame\Config” . Edit DefaultEngine.ini with notepad and search MaxChannels. Change the value from 128 to 64.
- Reinstalling Directx[www.microsoft.com] may fix the problem.
- Change audio from Surround (4.1, 5.1..etc) to simple 2.1. To change this head to control panel and then sound and audio settings.
- If nothing works then try removing the game completely and then re-download (From Steam) the game for a fresh install.
[FIX] Default Resolution Won’t Change
- Try Changing the aspect ratio of your monitor.If you are using crossfire, disable it and then you will be able to change the resolution.
- Or you can change your config file manually to change the resolution. You can find it in My Documents/My Games/homefront folder and then system config file. [/list]
[FIX] An unexpected graphics error occurred
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
Set the following variables as:
AllowD3D10=False
CompatLevelGPU=1
[FIX] “Failed to Run Install Script” Error
If you are facing this error during installation then try re-installing Microsoft visual C++ redistributable 2005. If it does not help then try running a windows update and that should resolve the issue.
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